Merrol Hyde Magnet School

Merrol Hyde Magnet School is one of the substantial unified-grade schools in Hendersonville, Tennessee, operated by Sumner County, with 670 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 243 students each, so Merrol Hyde Magnet School sits 176% larger than that benchmark.

Sumner County runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 30,719 students. Merrol Hyde Magnet School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Merrol Hyde Magnet School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the surrounding community, Sumner County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,301, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Merrol Hyde Magnet School is one of 53 public schools in Sumner County (combined enrollment of about 30,719 students).

The closest other public school is George A Whitten Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Merrol Hyde Magnet School has stayed largely flat, going from 654 students in 2018 to 670 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 82% across the same window.

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